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Don't go away mad: Motley Crue breaks up, announces farewell tour

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From left, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and singer Vince Neil of Motley Crue. They'll tour across the nation and Canada as their farewell, a departure the band insists will be final.
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Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Nikki Six gathered in Los Angeles today in front of fake tombstones with their names etched next to "RIP" to announce the end of their band. They also launched a long farewell tour in a press conference streamed live at motley.com

"We started talking about it a few years ago," said Neil, who spoke of leaving a legacy that included no less than all four bands members.

Of course, this doesn't mean the band won't resurrect itself. Plenty of acts have announced their "retirement," touring in the spirit of "farewell," only to return at full force. Neil has even departed the band, only to come back. In a nod to that fact, the band signed a document assuring fans of their demise.

"We want our fans to be proud of Motley Crue for decades to come," said Sixx, and members said they couldn't stomach the notion that they wouldn't being straight with those fans.

"Let's go out on top," Mars said. Joining them on 72 shows in the U.S. and Canada will be Alice Cooper.

"There are so few rock 'n' roll bands out there anymore," said Cooper, at the conference. "By the way, if your band has a banjo or an accordion in it, it's not rock. When you get Motley Crue and Alice Cooper together on a tour, that's going to be rock 'n' roll at its most extreme."

Deadline reports a Motley Crue biopic is in the works, called "Dirt," based on the band's autobiography, "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band." When asked at the press conference who should play him, and offered Johnny Knoxville ("Bad Grandpa" director Jeff Tremaine is attached to the project), Lee couldn't complain.

"Motley Crue - The Final Tour," comes to the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden on Aug. 23, Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, N.Y. on Aug. 29 and PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on Aug. 30. Tickets go on sale at noon this Friday; call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.